diff --git a/serial_posix.go b/serial_posix.go
index 6d25b2d..64939f0 100644
--- a/serial_posix.go
+++ b/serial_posix.go
@@ -85,33 +85,33 @@ func (p *port) Close() (err error) {
 // Read reads from serial port. Port must be opened before calling this method.
 // It is blocked until all data received or timeout after p.timeout.
 func (p *port) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	var rfds syscall.FdSet
+	fds := []unix.PollFd{{Fd: int32(p.fd), Events: unix.POLLIN}}
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(p.timeout)
 
-	fd := p.fd
-	fdset(fd, &rfds)
-
-	var tv *syscall.Timeval
-	if p.timeout > 0 {
-		timeout := syscall.NsecToTimeval(p.timeout.Nanoseconds())
-		tv = &timeout
-	}
 	for {
-		// If syscall.Select() returns EINTR (Interrupted system call), retry it
-		if err = syscallSelect(fd+1, &rfds, nil, nil, tv); err == nil {
-			break
+		timeout := -1
+		if p.timeout > 0 {
+			timeout = int(deadline.Sub(time.Now()).Milliseconds())
 		}
-		if err != syscall.EINTR {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("serial: could not select: %v", err)
-			return
+
+		n, err := unix.Poll(fds, timeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, syscall.EINTR) {
+				continue
+			}
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("serial: could not poll: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if n == 0 {
+			return 0, ErrTimeout
+		}
+
+		if fds[0].Revents&unix.POLLIN == unix.POLLIN {
+			break
 		}
 	}
-	if !fdisset(fd, &rfds) {
-		// Timeout
-		err = ErrTimeout
-		return
-	}
-	n, err = syscall.Read(fd, b)
-	return
+
+	return syscall.Read(p.fd, b)
 }
 
 // Write writes data to the serial port.